1.4B Par model and stuff

• PAR model = suggests that the socio-economic context of a hazard is important. In poor, badly governed (root causes) places with rapid change and low capacity (dynamic pressures) and low coping capacity (unsafe conditions), disasters are likely. 

  
• Haiti (PAR example)

  Root causes:

  • Per capita GDP (PPP) US $1200
  • 50% of the population is under 20 years old

  Dynamic pressures:

  • Lack of education, training and investment
  • Rapid population change and urbanisation

  Unsafe conditions:

  • 25% of people live in extreme poverty
  • 80% of Port-au-Prince's housing is unplanned, informal slums